Skateboarding At The 2020 Summer Olympics

Skateboarding at the 2020 summer olympics is an event to be held in the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo japan.

Skateboarding at the 2020 summer olympics. The sport of skateboarding will make its olympic debut at the tokyo 2020 games. Skateboarding will make its olympic debut in tokyo 2020. Olympics add climbing surfing and skateboarding for 2020 the international olympic committee adds five sports to the roster for tokyo s summer games but some athletes aren t stoked about. Skateboarding is one of five new sports added to the olympic program specifically for 2020 rather than as a permanen.

It will be the debut appearance of skateboarding at the summer olympics skateboarding is one of five new sports added to the olympic program specifically for 2020 rather than as a permanent sport. Everything you should know about skateboarding at the 2020 summer olympics. Skateboarding is making its way on to the biggest stage of them all. The street skateboarding competitions will be held on 26 and 27 july 2020 and the park skateboarding competitions will be held on 5 and 6 august 2020.

The competition will be held at the ariake urban sports park. Tokyo 2020 ioc approves five new sports for olympic games tokyo 2020. The international olympic committee ioc today agreed to add baseball softball karate skateboard sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for the olympic games tokyo 2020. One of the most decorated skaters of all time nyjah huston is arguably.

There are various theories about the origins of skateboarding but it is generally held that the sport began in the 1940s on the west coast of the usa when metal wheels were attached to a narrow wooden board. Skateboarding at the 2020 summer olympics is an event to be held in the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo japan. Skateboarding a rebellious street sport will debut at the 2020 olympics in tokyo often seen as renegade or rebellious characterized by dizzying midair twists and turns skateboarding will make. And in june 2016 the executive board of the international olympic committee ioc announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 games.

With the entry lists still to be decided we re taking a look at the big names who will be hoping to make an impact in olympic skateboarding. An action shot of usa s nyjah huston at the x games. The olympic games in tokyo 2020.